MySims Agents video game fact sheet

In MySims Agents players take on the role of a special agent on a mission to uncover and foil the sinister plans of Morcubus, the corrupt CEO of MorcuCorp. Players will search for clues and solve cases across the city and far beyond as they piece together his nefarious plans.

Armed with a set of increasingly sophisticated gadgets, players will track footprints, pick locks, hack into computers and do molecular forensics. They will jump, climb, balance and build their way to follow cases no matter where they lead, even taking a private jet to reach an ancient temple, a spooky mansion and an icy mountaintop chalet. Along the way they meet MySims they can recruit to build up their own team of agents, and unlock rare items they can use to deck out their headquarters.

Key Features
• Explore the world – explore your city and beyond, from a ski chalet on the top of an icy mountain to an ancient temple in the depths of the jungle.
• Solve mysteries – Use your wits, skills and trusty collection of gadgets to solve puzzling mysteries. Follow leads wherever they take you, whether it requires jumping, climbing, balancing, picking locks, or hacking into computers. All your sleuthing abilities are brought into play, from interrogation to forensics, from following footprints to fixing machines.
• Build your own team of Agents – Recruit MySims you meet along the way to come back to your headquarters and join your team. Send them out on missions to gather information and unlock rewards for you.
• Construct and customize – Deck out your headquarters with treasures from your adventures, customize it to look the way you want and equip it to maximize the skills of your team.

Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Developer: The Sims Studio
Ship Date: Fall 2009
Category: Mystery Adventure Game
Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Activision Secures All-Star Talent Line-Up For Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen Video Game

Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker Return to Provide Voice-Over Performances

Activision has assembled an all-star cast for the upcoming Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen video game, including the film's leads Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox, who will reprise their starring roles in the game, and fan favorites Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the voices of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON from the original animated series.

In the new game, developed under license from Hasbro, players are thrust into an adrenaline-pumping battle to defend Earth from a DECEPTICON attack that threatens mankind.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen features an extensive line-up of film actors, along with the voice talent that fans will recognize from the classic animated series," said Rob Kostich, head of marketing for licensed properties, Activision Publishing, Inc. "The diverse cast allowed us to not only capture the epic storyline from the film, but also seamlessly expand the fiction to create a unique and authentic TRANSFORMERS experience that fans of all ages will enjoy."

In addition to Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox, Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Mark Ryan (Bumblebee), Jess Harnell (Ironhide), Charles Adler (Starscream) and Robert Foxworth (Ratchet) reprised their film roles for the game. Voice-over veterans John Di Maggio (Sideways) and James Arnold Taylor (The Fallen) also join the roster.

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game is based on the upcoming live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro, which opens nationwide on June 24, 2009.* The game lets players take on the role of their favorite AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, picking from the largest, most diverse range of playable Transformers - each with their own distinct abilities and weaponry. Set in unique environments across the globe such as Cairo and Shanghai, the game allows players to instantly switch between vehicle and robot modes as they drive, fly, fight and blast their way through intense, pressure-packed levels. After engaging in single player action, players for the first time ever will be able to go online and battle friends in all-new multiplayer modes.

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game is currently in development by Luxoflux for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and is rated "T" (Teen - Mild Language, Violence); the Windows PC version is being developed by Beenox Studios and is also rated "T" (Teen - Mild Language, Violence); the distinct Wii and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system versions are being developed by Krome Studios and are rated "T" ("Teen" - Fantasy Violence); two unique AUTOBOT and DECEPTICON-specific Nintendo DS versions are being developed by Vicarious Visions and are rated "E10+" (Everyone 10 and older - Fantasy Violence); the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system version is being developed by Savage Entertainment and is rated "E10+" (Everyone 10 and older - Fantasy Violence).

* In the highly anticipated "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the AUTOBOTS against their sworn enemies, the DECEPTICONS. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Present, In Association with Hasbro, A di Bonaventura Pictures Production, A Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production, A Michael Bay Film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro. The film is directed by Michael Bay from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. Based on Hasbro's TRANSFORMERS Action Figures. Produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. Executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. This film has not yet been rated.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game fact sheet

In "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.

Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldermort's defences' and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information.

Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's choclates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

* Compete as Gryffindor for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup: Take on Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin in the most exciting wizarding sport.
* Perfect your Quidditch skills: Can you dodge a Bludger or catch the Snitch?
* Take part in thrilling wizard duels. Battle against Death Eaters in Hogwarts, Inferi in the Horcrux cave and much more.
* Join the Gryffindor Duelling Club. Perfect your duelling skills before you take on the other houses. Will you become the Duelling Club champion?
* Create magical potions with Professor Slughorn - using the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book.
* Explore Hogwarts at night: Take on night-time missions while the castle sleeps.
* Stuck? Call on Nearly Headless Nick for clues and tips to help you complete your challenges.
* Relive the action of the movie...from the HogwartsTM Express to the dramatic revelation of the Half-Blood Prince.
* See more of the wizarding world: Explore new magical places like The Burrow, and the Horcrux cave.
* Uncover the truth: Travel with Dumbledore to piece together Voldermort's past, and sneak around HogwartsTM to discover Malfoy's secrets.

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge, meet your mercenaries

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge, the real time strategy game by GFI and Morphicon, is set to be released on 29th May. Lead a group of highly trained and ruthless mercenaries in overthrowing the brutal dictator of The Diamond Shores in deepest, darkest Africa. Assemble your hired guns from a selection of available mercenaries.

They may not be the men you would choose as friends, but they are without a doubt, the men you would want covering your back in a jungle firefight.

Ernest Rogers.
Ernest Roger’s two great passions are weapons and hunting lions. He’s a man who can strip and clean a rifle and throttle a leopard by hand in about the same time! If the latter is stupid enough to come close enough to Ernest! Ernest Roger’s current location is unknown.

Jack.
Jack worked as the commanding officer of an anti-terrorist detachment in the SAS, until he found himself court marshaled after failing a single hostage rescue mission. As a result of the failed mission many hostages were killed, however, all the terrorists were also neutralized some of them in very barbaric ways. Because of his previous service he wasn't punished, but he was honorably discharged from the SAS. He is a specialist in the following: assault operations, battles in enclosed spaces and close quarters combat.

Rasta.
Rasta learns quickly and is trained in military science. He specializes in fire-arms although he is not an excellent rifleman himself. He is very strong, enduring and excellent in close combat.

Billy Bob.
Billy is widower and that’s the reason he has returned to his old profession. A quiet bartender from Lancaster, he is always polite and treats people well. He has an excellent memory and knows the names of all his regulars in the pub he runs. Billy Bob is a great leader, quick and laconic. Inexperienced mercenaries can learn much from him.

Sebastian
All we know about Sebastian is that he is an ex-field agent from the CIA. As he says "I just got tired with espionage games, politics, narcobusiness, weapon sales and easy work". He is good with explosives, electronics, in close combat and with automatic arms. He is also a skilled mechanic and can render first aid.

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge will be available on 29th May 2009 at a RRP of £24.99.

Full set list for guitar Heroe on Tour - Modern Hits...

The anytime, anywhere shredfest continues as the curtain is lifted to reveal the entire 28-song set list in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits for the Nintendo DS.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits explodes onto store shelves packaged with the Guitar Grip peripheral and pick stylus this summer, and will include the following master recordings from the past decade:

• 12 Stones - “Adrenalin”
• AFI - “Miss Murder”
• Angels & Airwaves - “Call to Arms”
• Atreyu - “Falling Down”
• Black Tide - “Shockwave”
• Coldplay - “Violet Hill”
• Endeverafter - “I Wanna Be Your Man”
• Evanescence - “Sweet Sacrifice”
• Fall Out Boy - “This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race”
• Finger Eleven - “Paralyzer”
• Foo Fighters - “All My Life”
• Franz Ferdinand - “The Fallen”
• Kaiser Chiefs - “Ruby”
• Lenny Kravitz - “Where Are We Runnin'?”
• Modest Mouse - “Dashboard”
• Phantom Planet - “Do The Panic”
• Sum 41 - “Still Waiting”
• Tenacious D - “The Metal”
• The Bravery - “Unconditional”
• The Donnas - “What Do I Have to Do”
• The Duke Spirit - “Lassoo”
• The Fratellis - “Chelsea Dagger”
• The Kooks - “Always Where I Need to Be”
• The Offspring - “Half-Truism”
• The Strokes - “Reptilia”
• Weezer - “Everybody Get Dangerous”
• Wolfmother - “Dimension”
• Yellowcard - “Lights and Sounds”

Handheld guitar gods can now choose how they raise-up their band from the underground music scene to worldwide rock stardom in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits. Featuring a set list comprised of more than 25 master tracks from influential artists including Coldplay, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits expands on the innovative Guitar Hero gameplay on the Nintendo DS by introducing an all-new Fan Request system that challenges players to jam like never before. Fret board fanatics can once again unleash their inner rock stars anytime, anywhere as they hone their shredding skills and jam to face-melting modern rock tracks from the last five years in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits is developed by Vicarious Visions and will be available exclusively for Nintendo DS this summer.

Demigod - One of the most anticipated PC games of 2009

Demigod video game A god has fallen. Can you rise to take his place?

Set in a magical world where gods walk among mortals, Demigod blends action, strategy and role-playing elements into a thrilling new experience. Select the demigod that will lead your minions into battle and unleash the dogs of war against your rivals.

Once in the Arena, each demigod will be joined by support troops that fight to the death as you struggle to seize key control points and slowly turn the tide of war in your favour. Your demigod will level up during the course of each battle, becoming even more powerful as you unlock new abilities and powers. It's a brutal conflict of demigod versus demigod, where the very ground beneath their feet will tremble and quake.

Revolutionary and innovative strategy / RPG hybrid combines the character building of a role-playing game with the epic battles of a real-time strategy game
Addictive and replayable single player and multiplayer. Battle your way into the pantheon of the gods in a persistent single-player or multiplayer universe
Choose from nearly a dozen unique demigods each with their own special skills, powers and capabilities. Watch your demigod grow in power as they gain experience, level up, and brush aside hordes of enemy minions
Stunning graphics - Wage massive, earth-shattering battles across a series of awe-inspiring arenas

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy

The most famous detective of all time begins his first investigation on the Nintendo DS.

Following the death of the famous explorer Lord Montcalfe, his daughter Elisabeth questions the police’s research and secretly asks the famous detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate the strange death of her father. Holmes accepts Elisabeth’s request and heads to Montcalfe manor alone to begin his investigation…

Discover a fascinating and enigmatic adventure filled with twists and turns. Thanks to its user friendly controls based on the stylus and touch screen, the game allows you to move about easily in diverse and expansive 360 degree settings. This DS version of Sherlock Holmes features exclusive helpful tools such as Holmes’ notebook, which allows you to jot down clues to help you during the investigation.

Taking full advantage of the control possibilities of the touch Screen and stylus, The Mystery of the Mummy will challenge your logic and exploration skills as you attempt to solve one of the best new adventure/detective games available on Nintendo DS. Play the role of the famous detective as you solve numerous puzzles and avoid traps throughout the adventure.

A mysterious death, hundreds of clues and a strange mummy mean this case may not be so elementary after all...

Key Features

• The first Sherlock Holmes adventure on the Nintendo DS.

• A great investigation held in beautiful 360 degree settings that can be navigated with the stylus.

• Use and combine more than one hundred objects; discover and collect documents and clues to help you solve your investigation.

• Dozens of puzzles to solve and traps to avoid in Lord Montcalfe’s intriguing manor.

• An integrated notebook allows you to note down all the clues which may be useful for your investigation.

• Use the help system to assist you during your exploration, preventing you to stay stuck while leaving enough to discover to fully enjoy all puzzles.

Cleopatra: a Queen's Destiny available for Mac OS X

Coladia is excited to announce that Cleopatra: a Queen's Destiny is now available for Mac OS X.

Cleopatra: a Queen's Destiny is a Point & Click adventure game, taking place in Alexandria, Egypt, 48 BC.

The country is divided by civil war pitting Cleopatra's supporters against those of her brother and husband, Ptolemy, who is ravaging the country. In this climate of terror, Thomas, a young apprentice to Akkod, Cleopatra's astrologist and astronomist, falls in love with his master's daughter. One day, in horror, he discovers that both master and daughter have been kidnapped.

Thomas sets out on their trail and learns in the course of his investigations that Cleopatra herself had asked Akkod to make a specific divination, and that the partisan of Ptolemy are behind the kidnapping. Cleopatra promises Thomas that in exchange for the tablets required for the divination, her guards will find the master and his daughter.

Thomas's investigations lead him to the discovery of Egypt's legendary sites such as the Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse. Thomas also meets the Queens and a whole host of their mysterious characters.

Will he manage to save his master and his loved one, so that together they can decypher the stars? Without the prophecy, the country will be lost; the destiny of Egypt and its Queen are in his hands.

Main Features
• A history adventure game based on Cleopatra's extraordinary destiny.
• Discover Ancien Egypt's mythical sites, Alexandria's Lighthouse and Library, all reproduced with perfect historical accurancy.
• A whole host of puzzles and enigmas based on Ancient Egyptian culture and sciences.
• Great attention to ambient sounds and graphics bring total immersion along with dozens of animated sequences that enrich the story.
• Proven game systems: interactive map, dynamic combination inventory, mini-animations, and more.

Cleopatra: a Queen's Destiny is an Universal application and runs on Mac computers sporting Intel or PowerPC G5 processors.

The game is localized in english, french, german, italian and spanish languages.

The game can be purchased as a download on Coladia's store and selected partners for US $29.90.

A free demo version is available for download.

Custom screenshots and review copies are available by contacting support.

Coladia - http://www.coladia.com
Cleopatra: a Queen's Destiny - http://www.coladia.com/en/cleopatra_mac
Demo version - http://download.coladiagames.com/CleopatraDemo.dmg

United Consoles League: Raffle and tournament with prizes of Bigben Interactive

The Consoles Sports League celebrates its third birthday on May 16th and invites all console gamers to its birthday party. To celebrate, Consoles is organising Cups in Call of Duty 4, FIFA 09, Halo 3 and other video games with more than 2,000 Euro in prize money in the upcoming weeks.

Further information about the Birthday Cups is available online: www.consoles.net/eu.

Since May 2006, Consoles Sports League has provided a multigaming platform with more than 30 different games for every gamer – Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 or NDS. Additionally Consoles is shining in its renewed splendor since its redesign a few weeks ago.

"Since the beginning in May 2006, Consoles now has more than 50,000 users and we are established as Europe's most active gaming consoles league. All the best, Consoles!", says Michael Kuhl, Director of Consoles,from Turtle Entertainment in Cologne.

Further Information about the Consoles Sports League and News about the Cups: www.consoles.net

Information about Turtle Entertainment: www.turtle-entertainment.de

Chillingo and Abstraction Games bring Potpourrii to Apple App Store

Chillingo announced the release of its casual puzzle game Potpourrii on the Apple App Store. Developed from the ground up for iPhone and iPod touch by Dutch-based console games development studio Abstraction Games, the Potpourrii app preserves many of the unique features that have made it an overwhelming success on other platforms.

The story behind Potpourrii evolves around a once peaceful forest that one day gets disturbed by an evil wizard who found a way to manipulate the order of seasons. The magical oak, providing life to the whole forest starts decaying rapidly. Without your help the forest and all its inhabitants don’t stand a chance. It’s up to you to restore the order of seasons, the oak and ultimately free the forest from this evil threat.

“Abstraction Games has really gone all out in re-engineering Potpourrii to be a truly unique gaming experience on iPhone and iPod touch and we're delighted with the gameplay they've designed for users to enjoy,” said Chris Byatte, co-founder and director of Chillingo.

“We know Chillingo’s publishing and marketing experience will give us the needed edge to make Potpourrii a success story in the Apple App Store and a hit with customers,” said Ralph Egas, Founder and Managing Director of Abstraction Games.

Potpourrii is available for an introductory price of $0.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/